I think if I were rich I would add some expensive teas, but many of the old favourites would still remain I guess.

Today I'm drinking a new favourite green tea. The taste is amazingly fresh and green! One of my officemates is from An Hui, and she just returned from China with a small bag of green tea for me, that she has picked herself in her parent's garden, and it was woked by her father just after picking. They only grow enough for the family to use, but they seem to know very well how to make good tea and I feel very privileged to have a chance to taste it.

The problem with unlimited wealth could be that you might lose appreciation for things that are expensive because they are precious. Drinking a high end gyokuro or matcha would probably not be the same special experience when it is your "everyday" tea.

However, I probably wouldn't change my tea habits too much. It would be nice to be able to take more risks without having to worry about financial consequences. So I would probably experiment more and taste more teas that I haven't had yet, regardless of their price range. However, one has to take care not to be wasteful.

The same would probably go for tea ware by the way. It'd be great to be able to buy everything that catches the eye. However it would probably be hard to actually keep appreciating every single piece of tea ware you own when you could just as well own everything that's out there.

So, unlimited wealth may turn out to be a bit of a problem but I certainly wouldn't mind being able to spend more money more liberally on tea and tea related things

Speaking of expensive... I'm drinking Keiko's Tenbu Fuka right now, an organic fukamushi kabusecha from Kagoshima. It is very good but somewhat overpriced at about 25 Euros per 50 grams. I gave it a try because I had run out of sencha while I was waiting for shincha.

I'm currently learning not to buy cheap teas even though I do not have a limitless supply of money. I just buy less and try to make it last. Even so, there are certain teas that are still out of my reach, and yes, I would buy/try them if I had the cash. I would probably also take an annual or bi-annual trip to several different asian countries to buy tea.

doubt I would still be drinking the same teas, a few would remain, but most would change

I would more likely buy my teas locally at place of origin. Visiting all the great tea farms and exploring all the domestic markets thoroughly. Making friends with farmers, drinking tea with them lisurely, getting my hands dirty in some tea fields ahhh sounds nice

Some unknown high mountain, then some cheap taiwanese assam (antique assam tea farm 150g/9-10 USD for at work, broken leaf)

Nice sessions, both great, finally nailed the assam, less leaf really brought out the sweetness without the malty taking away too much from it, also feels much easier on stomach now, maybe I will be able to drink it in the mornings with no food now

One of the unfortunate things about testing new teas is paying a lot for a tea that costs more because of hype or rarity, rather than taste. Of course, that's why recommendations and sharing are such wonderful things!

But my point being that having 'unlimited' tea funds would mean being able to more freely sample 'higher-end' teas, and not feeling so bummed when you stumble across one that doesn't deliver on its price point.

Then again, 'unlimited' funds would also increase my frequency of high-end match consumption as well as aged pu'erh....!

I´ve been drinking Yamashita Jirushi Gyokuro from Maiko today...really tasty! If I had unlimited funds I´d try the high end Yamashita Gyokuro´s for sure....as it is now the pricetag on those is painful.

I've been lucky enough to sample most of the teas I've been curious about, and so far have been more limited by time than by cash. I could imagine a more lavish puerh budget, for sure, but I enjoy some of my younger pus as much as the aged shengs, so wouldn't give up all the cheaper stuff even if I could order unlimited quantities of EOT aged pus.

Today, enjoyed some Summer Ali Shan oolong from Norbu, and finally tried some milk oolong. Fortunately, someone else liked the milk oolong better than I did, so I will pass it along.

Nah, there's no way I would be able to appreciate the most expensive teas the way a tea master could. I'll leave them to him or her. I'll keep drinking what I'm currently drinking, I'll just drink more of it And maybe a treat here or there, too